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I was out on a shoot today and my duel adapter decided that today was a good day to die.

I have always hated how the thing is designed, but its always done the job. I especially don't like the way it hangs off your laptop in the field when you get in tight spaces and dont have a desk to sit it on right next to your laptop. I am surprised its lasted as long as it has - so props for that much to the Duel Adapters gang.

So anyway...

Do y'all think buying a new adapter makes sense, or any thoughts on just buying a cheap laptop with a built-in PCMCIA slot?

A slightly older laptop is fairly cheap these days, and I dont need the laptop for anything but transferring footage. I lug around a big ol' Dell E1705 (17incher) as it is now, so maybe it makes sense to just buy a cheap-o smaller one.

The new Panasonic adapter is $350 and I can get a whole new laptop for that.

I'd love to hear the pearls of wisdom this site so often spews forth...